They approach the 2 women sitting on a dirty matress, Milia lets go of Dorna to look up at the new cloaked figure.
Milia's hairs start to wave as she looks ready to jump and claw at the new presence.
Geron says ''i know what you're feeling, i felt it too, but its not what you think.''
Dorna wipes her eyes and looks at the boy, her expression changes from sadness to rage in the span of a second as she tries to get up and generates a dagger in each hand Geron bear hugs her tight and says ''NO! THIS IS WHAT I SAW COMING. IT IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK!''
''LET ME GO YOU BURLY BEHEMOTH! IM GONNA MURDERTHISGFUKCING KID'' she screams as she kicks Geron and claws him all over.
''Yeah! this is exactly why we need to get this out of the way now, because if you'd be at full strength this would be a little harder!'' Geron exclaims while holding Dorna tight.
The boy steps back with fear in his eyes at this inexplicably familiar presence looking to harm him as he mutters : ''D-Dorna?''
She freezes, as she looks at him with disgust. ''You say my name without being told what it is.
How do you know me....'' She says with murderous intent not wavering from her eyes.
The boy explains everything that happened since his previous mistress returned with Baronia's body.
Throughout the story varying levels of emotions are shown on Milia & Dorna's faces as Geron nods and does not let go of the hold.
Milia covers her mouth with 1 hand and puts her other on the floor as she softly says ''he would do that..wouldn't he, Dorna?''
Dorna's expression returned to sad as her stature and expression are calmer than before.
''Yeah, he would do that'' as she shakes her head and lays her arms and chin on Gerons arm holding her.
His grip loosens as he puts her back on the ground, she walks up to the youngster whom staggers backwards hesitantly as she lays her hand on his head and says ''i believe you, it will take some time for me to not associate you with my brothers death. but you can consider me a non threat'' she says while holding eye contact with the visibly shaken boy.
She takes her hand off the boy's head as she turns around and sits back down on the mattress grabbing her knees close to her chest as she closes her eyes to allow her body to recover further.
Geron turns to the boy lays his hand on his shoulder and tells him ''good job, you may live. for now!'' as he taps the shoulder twice and walks past the boy to start clearing out the rubble from the ruins where there was once a grand school.
The boy looks up from the ground at Milia whom looks at the boy with disdain, those 2 might be very accepting of you, but im not impressed by your efforts to save our principal.
His eyes go back to looking at the ground as he mutters holding back tears : ''me neither....''
Milia's attitude softens, i will be teaching you proper medicine. this is not negotiable. she says as she stands up and walks towards a gathering of injured students and teachers to help with the recovery process.
Ronah stumbles back on his feet as he looks the boy in the eyes and says, ''you'd best get moving pumpkin, she hates to repeat herself.''
He follows her slowly as she sits down next to a student that is missing an arm with the circuits closed off to prevent her from dying.
Milia beckons the boy next to her with an aggressive handwave, he sits next to her as she applies a soothing energy to the patient so the pain stops.
She grabs the boys hand and says '' the energy in your hand is calm and neutral in nature, like its ready to mend wounds to an advanced degree, who taught you and what did they teach you'' she says with a strict tone but baffled face.
''By my previous mistress'' he stutters as he lays his hand on the patient and channels a bright glow into the injured. ''She taught me how to sense impurities, damage, ruptures, internal damages in ones energy signature and how to repair all of it.''
Milia looks at the boy with a surprised expression as she opens her mouth the boy interrupts her, ''The only problem is i had no energy generation because the mistress i had blocked my circuits from generating energy.
only releasing the grip when she needed me to heal her, or someone she experimented on, she thought repairing and curing was below her so she would have me study it through books.
a little bit of her own knowledge and had me practice on the wildlife she would maim relentlessly and have me fix them up with unfavorable results in the beginning.
but as time moved on'' he says while the glow intensifies from his touch and an arm begins to shape out of light as the patient gets shocked.
''I got better at it, i got to heal injuries that were surely fatal, and while i was bound by her i could not disobey her to the point where i was so energy starved i begged her to open up my circuits just for a few seconds so i could walk properly.
often i was denied as she would just kick me to the ground and tell me to suck it up.''
as the arm shapes more and more the circuits from the wound start opening up and flowing into the shape connecting it to the patients body.
''But no matter how many times i passed out, i woke up feeling a bit better. so she would open up my circuits a little bit but not enough for me to escape or kill her.''
He pulls his hand back as Milia did not break eye her eyes being locked onto the boys every move.
The light chips off in tiny flakes as a newly formed arm comes from underneath the light, as the boy looks expressionless at his handiwork.
As the patient turns to look she notices her new limb and jumps up in excitement moving her arm around hugging her classmate that carried her here with tears of joy.
Milia's expression changes from strict to sorrow, ''i see... you were a slave bound by a wench to do her bidding and only allowed to learn what she wanted you to learn.''
''Indeed'' the boy says while shifting to the next patient that has half of his torso missing while a novice medic tries to close the gap but only keeps the patient in a state of constant pain.
He lays his hands on top of the patients gap and generates an energy dome that keeps all the energy that leaks out in the enclosure.
As he shapes an arm made out of energy with an eye in the palm of the hand in the field by pure concentration he waits for the boundaries to be filled with energy. He closes his eyes as he then asks Milia to apply the soothing energy again to numb the pain that is about to happen.
She applies the numbing agent as requested where after a few seconds the boy starts drawing with his left hand and pulls with his right hand generating millions of new energy circuits to run through connecting to the ends that bleed the patients energy.
His hands start to shake as he finishes the circuit and solidifies the energy to adjust to the patients body it slowly chips the light away revealing a newly created half of the body and arm.
The patient relaxes right away as the treatment finalizes.
Milia says ''this....is healing mastery as powerful if not greater than my own!'' She says with a baffled expression. ''How does your body feel after all that? i imagine you have to get used to it for a while, so remain still for a bit so your circuits can fully adjust, okay?'' the boy utters to the patient. The patient replies ''Thank you! it feels tingly and weirdly as if its not mine?''
The boy chuckles ''Yeah it will feel like that for a while until every ounce of energy you have has passed through the new circuits, depending on your reserves, that may take a while'' Millia stares with her mouth slightly fallen open as she can't believe what she is witnessing.
The boy and Milia stand up and move around the camp looking for more severe wounds that require an experts help, after helping a few more mortally wounded in the ruins, they return to Dorna still on the matress. Milia turns her attention to the boy and before she opens her mouth the boy says ''I was only ever allowed to learn healing, i know nothing else other than what my missstress allowed me to read, or learn. which is also why i can tell you what plants can be used as a numbing agent not unlike your soothing energy to take pain away.''
He explains while resting his arms, ''but i can tell my energy generation is very sluggish as of now.
I dont remember the last time i was freely allowed to generate it, until i got- *he taps his chest* this gift from Baronia....whom i couldn't save because i had no energy.''
Milia nods as she gently takes his hand and says, ''i understand, since you have this gift now and you're clearly well versed in the field of medicine, you can take my job as a teacher that allows students to learn how to heal.''
The boy is taken aback at this proposition as he looks at Milia whom is smiling at him, ''i really think you would do well! we will teach you some learning techniques so you can put into words what you do and how to teach, but i think you would do great!
we could have a multitude of highly skilled medics that can heal and cure even half as well as you do!'' She says excitedly while looking at his resting hand she holds softly.
''I guess we could...'' he says hesitantly looking at her eyes filled with hope staring at his decrepit worn out hand.
''Okay!'' she says while standing up. ''Then it is settled! you will become the principal & medicinal teacher & a student of other arts that we teach.''
''WOAH THERE!'' the boy says shaking his head as he looks at her with a shocked face.
''PRINCIPAL?!?! STUDENT BUT ALSO TEACHER?!?! ALL AT ONCE?''
''Yes! i have already read your memories and sensed your intention, im more than just a pretty doctor you know.'' She says as she winks at him.
The boy blushes as he pulls his cloak over his head. ''r-right.... if you dont mind ill be resting up a bit, my energy is feeling low'' as he stands up and walks away to a secluded spot to sit by himself for a bit to process all that just happened.
He sits down on a piece of rubble leaning his elbows on his knees as he feels energy coursing through his circuits and the flow increases in strength the more he calms down, ''So this is going to be my life now. from once a slave to gods know what...
but for some reason, i feel like ill be okay, more than that. i think im going to be happy here.'' He thinks to himself while smiling with few tears running over his cheeks.